Kern River weir construction finally underway – SJV Water

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Kern River weir construction finally underway – SJV Water

Construction on a key weir in the Kern River at Coffee Road got underway Feb. 20, more than two years after the Bakersfield Water Resources Department was first awarded grant funding to replace the aging structure. The city received $1.3 million from the state Integrated Regional Water Management Program in late 2022 to tear out the existing structure, which only reached half way across the riverbed, and build a fully functional weir in its plac…